Dismissed and Opinion filed June 6, 2002.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-02-00459-CR
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JOSHUA EMANUEL HART, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 230th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 889,396
O P I N I O N
Appellant pled guilty to aggravated robbery on February 11, 2002 . In accordance with the terms of a plea bargain agreement with the State, the trial court sentenced appellant to fifteen years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice--Institutional Division. Because we have no jurisdiction over this appeal, we dismiss.
To invoke an appellate court=s jurisdiction over an appeal, an appellant must give timely and proper notice of appeal. White v. State, 61 S.W.3d 424, 428 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001). Appellant filed a timely general notice of appeal that did not comply with the requirements of Rule 25.2(b)(3) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(b)(3). Rule 25.2(b)(3) provides that when an appeal is from a judgment rendered on a defendant=s plea of guilty or nolo contendere and the punishment assessed does not exceed the punishment recommended by the State and agreed to by the defendant, the notice of appeal must: (1) specify that the appeal is for a jurisdictional defect; (2) specify that the substance of the appeal was raised by written motion and ruled on before trial; or (3) state that the trial court granted permission to appeal. Id. The time for filing a proper notice of appeal has expired; thus appellant may not file an amended notice of appeal to correct jurisdictional defects. State v. Riewe, 13 S.W.3d 408, 413-14 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000). Because appellant=s notice of appeal did not comply with the requirements of Rule 25.2(b)(3), we are without jurisdiction to consider any of appellant=s issues, including the voluntariness of the plea. See Cooper v. State, 45 S.W.2d 77, 83 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001) (holding that appellant who files general notice of appeal may not appeal voluntariness of negotiated plea).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Judgment rendered and Opinion filed June 6, 2002.
Panel consists of Justices Hudson, Fowler, and Edelman.
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